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no maternity leave because i havent been working for this company for 12 motnhs???

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i am 5 months pregnant with twin boys :) i went to talk to my boss today about maternity leave. he said i didn't qualify for maternity leave because i havent been working for him for 12 months yet! he said when its time for the babies to come that i need to quit my job and come back in a couple months to put in an application and hopefully get rehired!!! thats crazy!! what am i supposed to do for money while i don't have a job?? everyone is tellin me to get assistance from the state but will that cover all my expenses?? i live in Michigan. Some body please help me out here and tell me what to do!! im freaking out!

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Unforutnatley, yes, that's the way FMLA works. You might be able to have the babies, go right back to work and then once you've been there 12 months, take leave to bond. I'm not sure if the "event" has to have occurred during elligibility or not. But otherwise, what he is telling you is correct. My company is similarly strict about the law so I waited to get pregnant until I'd been here 4 months. My due date is 22 days after I hit my 1 year.

I'm in FL so i don't know how much help i can be but i was in the same situation, i had my daughter 2 mnths before i was offically at my job for a year and technically i couldn't take FMLA yet. My HR dept told me that since I was full time I was able to take Short Term Disablility until my FMLA kicked in. Just to let you know most companies do not pay for maternity leave. My job wanted me to get the best option so they allowed me to collect 40 hrs from a sick bank and the short term disiblity which allowed me tomake some money but FMLA is unpaid it just provides job stability. I would def contact ur state because thecan help with different things. Hopes this helps and good luck

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